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    "ocrText": "7/9/53 - Wire II - p.13\nQ. I have the release of April 26. It says, \"The information as to the Soviet Government's\nattitude revealed in these informal conversations, that is after March 15, was immediately\nconveyed to the British and French..\"\nQ. I think the world \"immediately\" is a little strong there, as related to the date of\nHarch 15. I think that there were two or three informal discussions with Malik before we\nthought that there was onough substance in it to be worth talking to the British and French\nabout, and we felt that the procedure beyond that point without talking to then vas (about\nthe\nproblems?), and we decided to take them in.\nQ. Yes, the leak which stimulated the first Russian broadcast on the subject actually\nocurred in London. The leak came partly as result of talking to our Allies.\nTRUMAN\nARCHIVES AND\nDA. I think that leak was about the 24th of 25th of April. wasn't it?\n*NATIONAL RECORDS\ns\nQ. It must have been. because we got out our press statement on the 26th of\nQ. Shouldn't Phil get on the record now the exact chronological account of what happened?\nThe way he first approached him, and so on?\nPJ\nQ. Well, I think it all has been published now, and I haven*t got ny files on it, so I am\na little hazy on some of ++ the details, but the first approach on February 15, was &S\ndescribed, and it was perfectly normal, before going in to a Security Council Meeting, that\npeople would be wendering around in the lobby, and you would chat with people. I went up\nto\npass the time of day with Malik, who always liked to banter about inconsequential things,\nand you would just kid him along, and he kidded very well, and then I said, \"By the way, I\nhave been interested in the omission of any reference to the currency question in Stalin's\nreply\nto the inquiry from Kingsbury Smith, and we wondered whether there was any significanc e\nin it.\" And again, this vas tather typical with Malik, if you shifted from the inconse-\nquential to the consequential, he would immediately freeze. I can remember his face just\nget\nfroze; he said, \"I have no information on that.\" I said, \"Well, if you any\ninformation, I would be interested.\" And ve wont on into the Security Council Meeting.\nAnd then a whole month passed. You remember I reproted this, and we discuesed it a little\nbit more, and discussed the, I think at that time, the tactics if he came back, as to what\nfurther questions should be discussed. And we covered the thing very carefully. As I"
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